Stoney Creek Women's Institute Scrapbook (Rogers) 1967-1979, p. 13

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\'«'; "Preserve The" F 3 i Qimg SALTFL'EET, .- Preservation bPiflilATING separately, a the msLee famil 0f the historic Lee 51011195th citizens' commitwe has won thet1 has been backed b the Hamil- support of Stoney Creek and MEMBERS of a ton-Niagara branch of the Ar- . . . _ Saltfleet councils in efforts to cently ammo err intention , , figfificiml conservancy 0f On have the provincepurc purchase and to sell the hem fiaddingia ' M help maintain the homestead note of urgency tot» _ The homestead on :the oun- through the recently created vationists campaignin' '.' tain Brow belonged to Erland OntarioH eritage Foundation. William Stewart; _ 1'66in0de Of the "met": Previous lackaof funds has minister ofeiiagriéul ., rawiii Institute " a movement whic prevented various civic and unveil a plaque ' ' ' bias Spread "1 r 0" g h 0 u t ".19 women s grou from buying it. qate the Erland Lee world since its inception in paql ue ggnatedby South as a historic si 1379- ~ 1 " vi $11331ng Women 11in Instlbuie is gHunélreds of RAN eie Mr e tinguis gmar on ers ram act Egbert $311,101; Saidnghat mtsh the property, which has been in expected to a W judicious planning, me home- . i~ ~ stead could be a valuable at- ' traction to the area, and credit _ _ ' to the Women's institute. It should not. be tomdifficult, she said, to naase funds to pur- ' chase and maintain it if its hi5! torieal claims were properly presented to national or inter- ' national institute members , The federated Women's Insti- tute of Ontario has been worku ing at provincial level for sev- V eral years to purchase the 94- year-old home. -. .q u'v To?" U) ---.. .i ~ '" ' ) .

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